The small town of Lame Deer, MT is located in the heart of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. It has a population of about 1,000 people, all of whom are members of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. The town is governed by an elected Tribal Council comprised of representatives from each family on the reservation. This council serves both as a Town Hall and as the governing body for local issues. The Tribal Council is responsible for creating and enforcing laws, managing finances, and addressing public health issues on the tribal lands. Additionally, it participates in state government affairs to ensure that tribal members have access to resources such as education, healthcare, and housing. There is also a designated delegate that represents the views of Lame Deer at congressional meetings. In recent years, politics in Lame Deer have focused on increasing economic development opportunities within the community and advocating for improved government assistance programs for tribal members.
The political climate in Zip 59043 (Lame Deer, MT) is moderately conservative.
Rosebud County, MT is very conservative. In Rosebud County, MT 31.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rosebud county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.9% to 31.8%.
Rosebud county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59043 (Lame Deer, MT) is moderately conservative.
Lame Deer, Montana is moderately conservative.
Rosebud County, Montana is very conservative.
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Montana is moderately conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Lame Deer, Montana: R R d R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 59043 (Lame Deer)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 126 contributions totaling $3,414 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)